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After two thousand years of persecution, India's two million eunuchs to be formally recognized as third sex and listed as 'backward' caste entitled to reserved government jobs and university places.
India's Supreme Court has created an official third sex for its transgender eunuchs and announced they will have a quota of government jobs and college places to help them overcome discrimination.
The decision was met with jubilation by transgender charities who said it was a milestone in their fight against marginalisation in Indian society.
"We are elated and thankful to the court," said Kalki Subramanium, a leading transgender rights activist. "The decision has come after a century of suppression and marginalisation by the legal and social systems.
"This verdict is certainly landmark and a new beginning. The biggest challenge is the social recognition. We have to educate and make people aware that we exist and there's nothing abnormal about us. This will give a boost to the transgenders who want to study or work but were denied a chance. They can now be part of the mainstream,"
India’s transgenders include those who feel they were born into the wrong sex, men born with deformed genitals and effeminate boys disowned by their families and sent to live in eunuch colonies.
India's Supreme Court creates official third sex for eunuchs and transgenders - Telegraph
بھارتی سپریم کورٹ نے ہیجڑوں کو تیسری صنف قرار دیدیا
India's Supreme Court has created an official third sex for its transgender eunuchs and announced they will have a quota of government jobs and college places to help them overcome discrimination.
The decision was met with jubilation by transgender charities who said it was a milestone in their fight against marginalisation in Indian society.
"We are elated and thankful to the court," said Kalki Subramanium, a leading transgender rights activist. "The decision has come after a century of suppression and marginalisation by the legal and social systems.
"This verdict is certainly landmark and a new beginning. The biggest challenge is the social recognition. We have to educate and make people aware that we exist and there's nothing abnormal about us. This will give a boost to the transgenders who want to study or work but were denied a chance. They can now be part of the mainstream,"
India’s transgenders include those who feel they were born into the wrong sex, men born with deformed genitals and effeminate boys disowned by their families and sent to live in eunuch colonies.
India's Supreme Court creates official third sex for eunuchs and transgenders - Telegraph
بھارتی سپریم کورٹ نے ہیجڑوں کو تیسری صنف قرار دیدیا
Goes to show the importance of an independent jury. 
Take that BD 
